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Crabs have been scarce this year. Still, Jamie Barnhardt of Hartfield managed to catch this one-of-a-kind crab with double claws on the Piankatank River this past summer. (This photo originally appeared in the September Rivah Visitor’s Guide.) (Photo by...

Co-contestant Emalynn Norwood crowned festival’s Little Miss Spat by Tom Chillemi -  Madysen Davis was crowned Queen of the 64th Urbanna Oyster Festival and Emalynn Norwood was crowned Little Miss Spat at the Urbanna firehouse on Friday, Nov. 5. As the...

Urbanna Oyster Festival officials released results Monday for the Nov. 5 and 6 event’s shucking contest, Fireman’s and Festival parades and antique cars show.  Oyster Shucking Contest Overall first place — Isabella “Gator” Macbeth, Virginia Beach, two minutes, 46 seconds. ...

The year of 1946 was just about 80 years since the Civil War ended and Middlesex County Blacks had been delivered from the bondage of slavery with the ending of the war. In 1946, the first Black-owned waterfront subdivision was created by Dr. M.E. Toney Sr. of Middlesex and Dr. George W. White of Norfolk.

by Larry Chowning -  Many around the Town of Urbanna and the surrounding community know Uno, a loving one-eyed part-Keeshond breed of a dog that survived in the dog-fighting culture as a bait dog. Dina Parry of Urbanna was running Dinas Doggie...

Middlesex Elementary School and the MES PTO hosted their annual Fall Festival Thursday, Oct. 28, on school grounds. More than 1,200 people were in attendance including students, families, staff and community leaders.

Water View farmers Tazewell Rae, left, and his father, Scott Rae, display their award-winning hay. Tazewell placed first in the 2021 State Fair of Virginia Youth Crops and Vegetables-Cool Season Grass Hay division; Scott placed fourth in the same...

Father-son duo fiberglass boatbuilding pioneers by Larry Chowning -  Pioneers in Virginia’s fiberglass commercial boatbuilding industry, John (Chip) Collamore III and his son, John (Jock) Collamore IV, both of Deltaville, have been named captains of the 63rd/64th annual Urbanna Oyster Festival. The...

The annual Fireman’s Parade is set for 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, and the Urbanna Oyster Festival Parade is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6. The Fireman’s Parade will wind its way through town, while the Oyster Festival Parade...

More than 100 vendors will be open for business when the festival begins at 10 a.m. on Friday and goes until midnight with the dance at the Urbanna Firehouse, and on Saturday the festival runs from 9 a.m.-5 p.m....